I was the one, who would always jump in firstDidn't think twice to look behindGot such a good feeling, just from playing in the dirtOnce, when I was little

We could build a rocket, fly to the moonLeave Tuesday morning, and be back for noonThere wasn't nothing, nothing that we couldn't doOnce, when I was littleOnce, when I was little

[Chorus]Yeah I could dream more thenYeah I believed more thenThat the world could only get betterYeah I was free more thenI could pretend more thenThat this life could only show me good timesOnce, when I was little

There was a time when I trusted everyoneYes I didThere was no place that I would not go oh noSpend a day on the hillside next to the holly moOh once, when I was littleYea once, when I, I was little

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Used to feel so strongEven when they tell me, tell me I was wrongThat I can't live in a magic worldCause it's time for me to grow upThat I got to be like the rest of themWhen I know there acting up oh

I could believe more then yes I couldI could pretend more thenThat this life could only get betterI could believe more then yes I couldI could pretend more then

That this world could only show me good timesOnce, when I was littleWhen I was little

So here comes the next one, the next in lineStay as young you can, for the longest timeCause those days flew byLike a breeze just passing throughOnce, when I was little